According to the Public Relations and International Affairs of the Kish Free Zone Organization, on the evening of Sunday, 8 Shahrivar, the veterans of the two teams Esteghlal and Persepolis faced each other on Field No. 1 of the Kish Olympic Sports Complex. This match was held as part of the sports programs of the Kish 05 Festival, and the presence of well-known figures of Iranian football attracted the attention of fans of the sport.
Esteghlal succeeded in scoring twice in the first half and went to the locker room with a 2–0 lead. The competition between the two teams continued in the second half with five more goals; the Blues scored two more times and Persepolis also netted three goals, so the match ultimately ended 4–3 in favor of Esteghlal veterans.
Meysam Bao, Bahman Tahmasbi, Abbas Mohammadrezaei and Iman Mousavi scored Esteghlal's goals, and Mohammad Ghazi, Bahador Abdi and Mohsen Mosalman scored for Persepolis. Figures such as Mehdi Amirabadi, Hossein Kazemi, Hadi Shakouri, Mohammad Nowazi, Parviz Boroumand and Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi were also among the Esteghlal squad.
The Persepolis veterans' team also appeared in this match with players such as Ebrahim Shakouri, Mohsen Bengar, Behrouz Rahbarifard, Gholamreza Rezaei, Reza Nourmohammadi, Ardalan Ashtiani and Esmaeil Halali. The match was refereed by Navid Mozafari, a former national football referee, and was met with enthusiasm by Kish residents, tourists and football fans.